(19)
(11) EP 1 074 972 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(21) Application number: 00306561.2

(22) Date of filing: 02.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G10L 13/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.08.1999 JP 22049699
21.07.2000 JP 2000221128

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Yamada, Masayuki
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX
London WC1V 6BX (GB)

   


(54) Speech synthesis using multimode coded units


(57) Apparatus for concatenative speech synthesis. N speech segment data are encoded in accordance with their respective optimum encoding schemes. The speech segment data thus encoded are registered in a speech segment dictionary along with information specifying the encoding methods used in the encoding.






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